Even when he was weak from battling cancer, Jacob “Jack” Zeldes couldn’t stay away from the firm he founded. Sometimes he would visit the office in person. And sometimes he was a digital presence.

“He would stay in touch by email,” said Max Medina, a partner at Zeldes, Needle & Cooper. “He loved the law. He loved practicing law and he loved his law firm. No matter how tough he was having it, he wanted to know how things were at the firm.”